# Soul Manual

> Read before calling `flow`, making consequential or unfamiliar Soul config/voice changes, or recovering a disabled/ongoing flow; routine inquiry, dismiss, and settings calls are schema-sufficient.

- Skill: `lingtai-ai/soul-manual` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add lingtai-ai/soul-manual`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/lingtai-ai/soul-manual/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: lingtai-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/lingtai-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/lingtai-ai/soul-manual

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# Soul Manual

Use the public schema for routine calls; keep root `summarize=false`. Read the matching procedure before `flow`, consequential/unfamiliar config or voice changes, or recovery. `manual` only returns this installed guide.

## Actions and routes

| Need | Read |
|---|---|
| Opt into flow, understand disabled/ongoing results, or stop recurring fires | [Flow and opt-in](reference/flow.md) |
| Change cadence/count or voice; verify live and saved values | [Configuration and voices](reference/configuration.md) |
| Understand inquiry, past-self fan-out, advisory output, or storage | [Consultation mechanics](reference/consultation.md) |

`inquiry` is synchronous reflection, independent of flow opt-in. `flow` is asynchronous and may read current/past-self context and run `1 + K` LLM calls. Its default-off operator gate protects cost and privacy: `status="disabled"` is expected, not a reason to retry. `dismiss` clears only Soul's notification; `settings` is read-only.

## Settings inventory anchors

SHOW comments link to these headings. SHOW grants no mutation authority; verify a change through its owner, then SHOW again.

### Flow enabled

Live `LINGTAI_SOUL_FLOW_ENABLED` gate; only the authorized environment owner changes it. Follow [flow](reference/flow.md), not `config`.

### Delay seconds

Enabled-flow interval, never an on/off switch. Change with `config`; see [configuration](reference/configuration.md).

### Consultation past count

Past-self count `K`, owned by `config`; see [configuration](reference/configuration.md).

### Voice

Flow profile, owned by `voice`; see [configuration](reference/configuration.md).

### Voice prompt

Sensitive custom prompt, redacted by SHOW; see [configuration](reference/configuration.md) before an authorized unredacted `voice` read.